Shamsul Islam (politician)

Shamsul Islam
Minister of Information
In office
6 May 2004 – 29 October 2006
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
Member of Parliament
Personal details
Born (1931-01-01)1 January 1931
Died 26 April 2018(2018-04-26) (aged 87)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Shamsul Islam (1 January 1931 – 26 April 2018)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician, member of the Nationalist Party and the onetime Government Minister in Bangladesh.

Career

Islam served as the Minister of Information in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government in the First Khaleda Cabinet from 1991 to 1996,[2] and in the Second Khaleda Cabinet from 2001 to 2006.[3] He was a member of the Standing Committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and one of the accused in the GATCO corruption case along with the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[4]

Personal life

Islam was married to Anwara Sufia Islam. She pre-deceased him on 3 June 2015.[3]

Death

Islam died in a hospital in Dhaka on 26 April 2018, aged 87.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.unb.com.bd/bangladesh-news/Ex-minister-M-Shamsul-Islam-dies%C2%A0/69233
  2. ↑ Hunter, B. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1994-95. Springer. p. 181. ISBN 9780230271234. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Anwara Islam, wife of BNP leader Shamsul Islam, is dead". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "BNP's Shamsul Islam freed on bail". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ↑ https://www.thedailystar.net/city/ex-bnp-minister-shamsul-islam-passes-away-1568425
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